Bond

Hong Kong to snap up government offer of inflation-linked bonds

17 May 2013

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's anticipated sale of a third tranche of inflation-linked bonds is set to meet with a rich vein of demand despite a recent decline in the rate of consumer price...

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China Railway suffers first-quarter loss, bond sale prospectus shows

17 May 2013

China Railway Corp, the spin-off from the now-defunct Chinese Ministry of Railways, suffered an after-tax loss of 6.88 billion yuan (HK$8.7 billion) in the first quarter, compared with an after-...

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Illegal interbank bond dealers face clampdown in China

25 Apr 2013

Illegal trading of bonds on the interbank market is being targeted by law enforcement authorities and financial regulators on the mainland, a move likely to unearth a clutch of unethical money...

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Sinopec bond issue taps market for US$3.5b

20 Apr 2013

Sinopec, which was also the world's second-largest crude oil refiner by throughput last year, said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday that the proceeds would be used to fund...

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NDRC orders probe into housing bond sales

12 Apr 2013

Local branches of the National Development and Reform Commission were sent notices this month instructing them to complete the checks by the end of April, said the people, who asked not to be...

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Suntech Power fails to repay US$541m bond

19 Mar 2013

The move pushed what was once the world's biggest solar panel maker into default on credit lines it had with the International Finance Corp and mainland lenders, Suntech said yesterday in a...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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Poof! the magic Draghi

Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, caused an optimistic stir last month with his stirring, almost clarion, promise that the bank was 'ready to do whatever it takes' to...

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Asian markets flat as Spain worries rise

Asian markets were flat yesterday as worries over Spain replaced the euphoria over Greece's breakthrough in resolving the political impasse.

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World Bank eyes China's moneyed class

For decades, the Washington-based World Bank went to the biggest financial players in the world when it wanted cash, but now it's eyeing well-heeled retail investors in Hong Kong and mainland...

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Glass firm first into the junk debt market

The mainland's high-yield-bond market launched yesterday as Suzhou Huadong Coating Glass successfully sold 50 million yuan worth of two-year debt at an annualised interest rate of 9.5 per cent on...

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Focus turns to bonds ahead of monetary easing

Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), one of the mainland's largest policy lenders, will sell 15 billion yuan (HK$18 billion) in debt on Thursday.

The aim is to test...

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Getting to grips with RQFII

Renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) is a mouthful. Clearly the name comes from a policymaker and not a marketing person. Indeed, the scheme arrived courtesy of the China...

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